Ye, the rapper formerly known as Kanye West, is making headlines again with a tweet about Jewish people.
Over the weekend, he wrote, “I’m a bit sleepy tonight but when I wake up I’m going death con 3 On JEWISH PEOPLE.”
Ye continued, “The funny thing is I actually can’t be Anti Semitic because black people are actually Jew also. You guys have toyed with me and tried to black ball anyone whoever opposes your agenda.”
Hey this is an urgent message to every Jewish person everywhere
— David Collier (@mishtal) October 9, 2022
When @kanyewest goes to sleep we must all meet in the normal place to work on our agenda… He is going to 'death con 3' and we need to prepare..
Attendance is compulsory.
Bring beigels… pic.twitter.com/FhX5Wr7tQR
The tweet sparked several reactions from other users.
One user wrote, “Kanye West has more than 3 million followers. He threatened to go ‘death con 3’ on Jewish people. I don’t hear his GOP supporters coming out to condemn this. Instead, Jewish people are being told to get over it because he isn’t serious.”
Kanye West has more than 3 million followers. He threatened to go "death con 3" on Jewish people. I don't hear his GOP supporters coming out to condemn this. Instead, Jewish people are being told to get over it because he isn't serious.
— Joyce Alene (@JoyceWhiteVance) October 9, 2022
Another tweeted, “Kanye West, who is threatening the extinction of Jewish Americans, is also the face of the Republican Party – the GOP literally praised him here 2 days ago! Midterms are in 30 days. SO MUCH at stake. VOTE BLUE!!!!”
Kanye West, who is threatening the extinction of Jewish Americans, is also the face of the Republican Party – the GOP literally praised him here 2 days ago! Midterms are in 30 days. SO MUCH at stake. VOTE BLUE!!!!
— Amy Siskind 🏳️🌈 (@Amy_Siskind) October 9, 2022Did Twitter make the right decision locking his account?
Check out more reactions below:
I told you that @kanyewest was deeply disturbed and was going to do serious damage. Now he's written that he is declaring war on Jewish people. That's a genie you can't put back in the bottle. Will right-wingers like @TuckerCarlson continue to exploit him anyway? Of course!!
— Cenk Uygur (@cenkuygur) October 9, 2022
Kanye West’s threat to Jews is as ever based on a myth of Jewish power, a myth believed across the political spectrum. It lies at the heart of the Jews Don’t Count phenomenon: Jews are powerful so attacking them is punching up and concern for them in the face of it unnecessary.
— David Baddiel (@Baddiel) October 9, 2022
Kanye West doesn’t care about Black people.
— Bishop Talbert Swan (@TalbertSwan) October 10, 2022
Kanye West doesn’t care about Jewish people.
Racist white people don’t care about Kanye West, they just love that he parrots their white supremacist talking points.
Kanye West is not cool. He's vile and abusive. He will target anyone – black, white, jewish – to get people talking about him. If he wasn't famous he would be locked up with dozens of restraining orders. There's only so much sympathy you can have with people who have MH problems.
— Sonia Poulton (@SoniaPoulton) October 9, 2022
Kanye West would spontaneously combust about my mum's maternal ancestors as they are black and Jewish
— Lorraine King (@lorrainemking) October 9, 2022
Kanye West is spewing dangerous antisemitism and it is really something to say that Jewish people "created cancel culture" because it necessarily implies that Hitler is a victim of cancelation https://t.co/xZLGpIOpUZ
— steven monacelli (@stevanzetti) October 9, 2022
A spokesperson from Twitter told CNN Ye’s account was locked for violating the social media platform’s policies.
“This tweet violated the Twitter Rules,” the spokesperson said.
CNN reported the spokesperson did not share which policy was violated.
Instead, they sent a link to the company’s rules, including the guidelines on hateful conduct, as the outlet noted.
The rapper’s account was locked just days after his Instagram account was restricted.
Meta reportedly made the decision after Ye shared a since-deleted post that included a “screenshot of a text conversation with Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs that was criticized by the American Jewish Committee as ‘anti-Jewish,'” as CNN reported.
Ye made headlines last week after wearing a shirt with “White Lives Matter” printed on it at a show during Paris Fashion Week.
